Having sharpened all of my pencils and lined them
up together at least twice, having neatly placed
beside my pencils a brand new yellow legal pad,
having visited the bathroom for the third time in the
past twenty minutes, having reminded myself that
I now compose exclusively on the computer and not
with pencil on yellow legal pad, having checked my
e-mail one final tinme just to be sure there wasn't a
note waiting for me from the MacArthur Foundation,
Having cranked up my iTunes Basil Poledouris
soundtrack from Conan the Barbarian as loud as it
should go, having done a final few deep knee bends,
having drained my fourth cup of coffee ( probably
the reason for that third bathroom visit), desperately
hoping that this time the magic would work, I sat
down at my computer, ready to write.
(quoted from: Building Great Sentences DVD series by Professor Brooks Landon)
